A Third of Sanders Supporters Still Not Backing Clinton

Published August 9, 2016 3:06pm ET



Over at 538, Harry Enten has done some number crunching on Democratic unity following Hillary Clinton’s bruising primary with Bernie Sanders and, well, it looks like she still got her work cut out for her. A recent CNN poll that was heavily touted showed Clinton nailing down the support of 91 percent of Democrats. However, as Enten points out, that number doesn’t include third party options and it’s clear that Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green party candidate Jill Stein are attractive to Sanders voters:

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